Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-to-some
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane

Example Sentences

Etymology

From ecto- + -some.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ectosomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ectocytosis ectosomal exosome

Questions

What does ectosome mean?
An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane
Where does ectosome come from?
From ecto- + -some.

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